BY : ARMAN JAMANI

INTRODUCTION.
Intellectual property (IP) is a legal
concept which refers to creations of the
mind for which exclusive rights are
recognized. Under intellectual property
law, owners are granted certain
exclusive rights to a variety of intangible
assets, such as musical, literary, and
artistic works; discoveries and
inventions; and words, phrases,
symbols, and designs.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS.
Common types of intellectual property
rights include patents, copyright,
industrial design rights, trademarks,
trade dress, and in some jurisdictions
trade secrets.
PATENT- A patent grants an inventor exclusive rights to
make, use, sell, and import an invention for a limited period
of time, in exchange for the public disclosure of the
invention. An invention is a solution to a specific
technological problem, which may be a product or a process.
COPYRIGHT- A copyright gives the creator of an original
work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time.
Copyright may apply to a wide range of creative, intellectual,
or artistic forms, or "works. Copyright does not cover ideas
and information themselves, only the form or manner in
which they are expressed.
Trademark- A trademark is a recognizable sign, design
or expression which identifies products or services of a
particular source from those of others.


industrial design right- An industrial design right
protects the visual design of objects that are not purely
utilitarian. An industrial design consists of the creation of a
shape, configuration or composition of pattern or color, or
combination of pattern and color in three dimensional form
containing aesthetic value.
Trade dress - Trade dress is a legal term of art that
generally refers to characteristics of the visual appearance of
a product or its packaging (or even the design of a building)
that signify the source of the product to consumers.
TRADE SECRET - A trade secret is a formula, practice,
process, design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of
information which is not generally known or reasonably
ascertainable, by which a business can obtain an economic
advantage over competitors or customers.